Illustration
Silver. Weights range from 1,2 to 2,6 gr.
d≈12 mm.
Obverse: Archaic female head to right/left within the linear circle or in border of the dots
.
Reverse: Bull’s head to right within the linear circle. Some of the coins are with the Greek letters – ΜΟ/ΣΟ, Φ, Α, Ο, Ε, Π, Δ.
Mint: Phasis.
Nominal: Attic system hemidrachm.
Date: 5th-3rd cc. BCE.
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